NBC may have turned "The Tonight Show" into a battleground, but the principals - current host Jay Leno and rumored future host Jimmy Fallon - remain fast friends, if this duet that appeared Monday night on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" is any indication.

Five Finger Death Punch

It might be impossible for a band to live up to a name as resonant as Five Finger Death Punch, but the quintet actually functioning under that name gamely jumped near the high bar at the Harley-Davidson Roadhouse Friday night. | June 27, 2014»Read Full Article

After a 3 p.m. show at the Summerfest's Harley-Davidson Roadhouse on Friday, Taylor Momsen, lead vocalist of The Pretty Reckless, along with lead guitarist Ben Phillips, took a break to meet with Journal Sentinel music writer Piet Levy.

Momsen, a former child actress, prefers to be known for her music but may be most recognizable for her role as Jenny Humphrey in The CW's hit teen drama, "Gossip Girl," and as Cindy Lou Who starring alongside Jim Carrey's Grinch in "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000). | June 27, 2014»Read Full Blog Post

The owners of the Wicked Hop want to open a bar and casual restaurant where Brocach now operates, at 1850 N. Water St., according to applications filed with the city. | June 27, 2014»Read Full Blog Post

Born blind and a slave in 1849 Georgia, pianist Blind Tom Wiggins toured the world and played for a U.S. president before he was a teen. He could hear any piece of music once and immediately offer a note-perfect rendition; he also composed his own music.

In Jeffery Renard Allen's phenomenal, difficult, exhilarating, exhausting, glorious and unforgettable "Song of the Shank" — a Faulknerian tour-de-force in which Tom's history is continually bent, heightened and remade — the prodigy's prowess knows no bounds: | June 27, 2014»Read Full Article

A nicely suited man slips a hand into a trouser pocket and tilts his head toward the gramophone. His coat is slung over a nearby chair beside a suitcase. He seems to be savoring a few final bars before taking his leave, an exit that seems unrushed.

Beyond his view, two bowler-hatted men lie in wait, one with a net, the other a club. Just behind him, a woman lies naked, eyes closed and blood raining from her mouth. There it is — the inevitable bit of bloodletting in the otherwise bloodless, tidy paintings of Belgian surrealist Rene Magritte. | June 27, 2014»Read Full Article

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The two-wheelers take over the east side Saturday when the ISCorp Downer Classic pedals into town, with races begin before 10 a.m. and go into the night. For the final leg in the Tour of America's Dairyland series, there'll be cyclists of all ages, but it's not all Tour de France stuff: Don't miss the Sendik's Beer Keg Drag Race at 6:40 p.m. Food, beer and more fun await as well. | June 27, 2014»Read Full Article

This hasn't been the sweetest summer, unless fog, damp and cold are your thing. But we can make it sweeter.

I stopped in at three newer places and one that flies a bit under the radar, and came up with a spectrum of sweets to satisfy a craving, whether it's hot or not outdoors. | June 27, 2014»Read Full Article